Centrus

Centrus’ corporate finance team provides a full range of integrated capital raising, strategic and innovative advisory capabilities focused on education, housing, social infrastructure and broader real estate sectors. Centrus has supported clients in raising (incl. restructuring/refinancing) c.£10bn in funding over the past 3 years.

The market challenges faced by the higher education sector have been intensified over the last few years, leading to greater uncertainty across a range of areas. This creates further difficulties in strategic planning and decision making. In such an environment, Centrus can provide unparallel strategic and capital management expertise as well as funding solutions, using our experience and knowledge to support universities in achieving their financial and operational goals.

How we can help:

1. Strategic financial & treasury review of your portfolio
2. Business Planning – Financial modelling, model appraisal and stress testing
3. Strategic partnerships/mergers – Combined plan review/appraisal, model build and combined financial and treasury reviews
4. Financial structuring / restructuring
5. Fundraising across the full spectrum of financing options for universities  – including the banking market, capital markets (private placements and bonds) and alternative solutions (such as development funding, JVs and equity partnerships)
6. Funding advice – commercial projects (including student accommodation & real estate)
7. ESG advice – fundraising on a sustainability or sustainability-linked basis for all funding types
8. Governance support – including treasury policy advice

Analysis includes:

• Support in development of treasury and funding strategies to achieve your university objectives
• Support in appraisal and advice around strategic plans for longer term financial sustainability, including through scenario analysis, stress testing and exploring options for strategic partnerships, platform sharing and mergers.
• Informing you of available funding options from different markets, including key credit considerations of different funders
• Restructuring of existing facilities, to enhance capacity, including covenant restructuring
• Advising and arranging funding from different markets, including running funding processes to ensure optimal outcomes for universities
• Hedging structuring strategy, advice and support
• Recent financial markets performance
• Shadow credit rating for major ratings agencies, to inform of likely ratings outcome

We’d be happy to discuss further how we can help.

Case studies

• Centrus arranges £70m private placement for University of Derby - Centrus
• Centrus arranges £50m Sustainability Linked RCF for University of London - Centrus 

Contact 

Phil Jenkins
Managing Director
phil.jenkins@centrusadvisors.com

Tashaq Husain
Associate Director
tashaq.husain@centrusadvisors.com